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 * Copyright (c) 2011-2013, Peter Abeles. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of BoofCV (http://boofcv.org).
 *
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 *
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package boofcv.abst.feature.describe;

import boofcv.struct.feature.TupleDesc;

/**
 * Provides information about the feature's descriptor.
 *
 * @author Peter Abeles
 */
public interface DescriptorInfo<Desc extends TupleDesc> {

	/**
	 * Creates new description instance which can be processed by this class
	 *
	 * @return New descriptor
	 */
	public Desc createDescription();

	/**
	 * The type of region descriptor generated
	 *
	 * @return Returns the descriptor type.
	 */
	public Class<Desc> getDescriptionType();
}
